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Bipartisanship Advances Dairy as New Congressional Landscape Forms

December 7, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

With Congress’s “lame-duck” session underway and last month’s elections almost fully settled, it’s clear how quickly political fortunes can turn and conventional wisdom can be upended. The Congress that’s seated next month will have a Democratic-led [Read More …]

No DMC Payments For October As Prices Rise

December 6, 2022 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The U.S. average all-milk price rose $1.50/cwt in October from a month earlier, boosting the month’s DMC margin well above the $9.50/cwt maximum coverage level needed to trigger program payments, after two months of payouts. [Read More …]

IDF World Dairy Summit a U.S. dairy opportunity

November 30, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

The global conference returns to the United States for the first time in three decades The International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit brings unique opportunities for U.S. dairy as the host nation for the [Read More …]

NMPF, IDFA seek to fix WIC proposal that would decrease access to dairy’s nutrients

November 25, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Groups release statement in response to USDA’s proposed changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Representing dairy farmers, cooperatives, and processors, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the [Read More …]

Happy Thanksgiving! There’s plenty of butter

November 25, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Los Angeles Chargers and Dairy Council of California join forces in support of healthier students The Los Angeles Chargers and Dairy Council of California continued their rich histories of supporting local communities on November 15th [Read More …]

Happy Thanksgiving! There’s plenty of butter

November 23, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

First, the bad news (for consumers): Heading into the holiday baking season, butter prices are, indeed at an all-time high. That’s for a few reasons. The biggest one is simple demand. Americans love butter, with [Read More …]

NMPF urges lawmakers to support domestic infant formula production

November 22, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

In a letter to lawmakers, the National Milk Producers Federation urged support for domestic infant formula production as the production shortfalls that stripped store shelves of necessary infant formula have eased. Given the improving situation, [Read More …]

NMPF urges sped-up FDA approval of climate friendly feed additives

November 21, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use existing legal authority to modernize its regulations allowing for faster approval of animal-feed additives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, submitting comments to the agency [Read More …]

Prairie Farms success at NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest

November 14, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

18 total ribbons awarded including four category sweeps, best cottage cheese The annual National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Cheese and Yogurt Contest just concluded. Prairie Farms was unstoppable with sweeps in the Swiss Cheese, 2% [Read More …]

NMPF: Consider risk management tools as USDA announces DMC signup

November 11, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF also reminds producers that USDA is developing a separate milk loss program, as provided for in legislation enacted last year With rising costs eroding dairy margins despite high farm milk prices, the National Milk Producers Federation [Read More …]

Embracing Change Brings Dairy’s Bright Future

November 8, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

This year is finally starting to feel like the new normal has arrived. The masks are fewer, offices are more full, consumers have returned to restaurants, and kids are back in schools. But in reality, [Read More …]

Prairie Farms Clinches Big Wins at NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest

November 7, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

18 Total Ribbons Awarded Including Four Category Sweeps and Best Cottage Cheese! The annual National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Cheese and Yogurt Contest just concluded. Prairie Farms was unstoppable with sweeps in the Swiss Cheese, [Read More …]

Chairman Mooney highlights dairy’s strengths

November 1, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF Chairman Randy Mooney, a dairy farmer outside Rogersville, MO, said the spirit of collaboration and facing challenges head on, embodied in the cooperative model, will give dairy strength in the years to come. He [Read More …]

Live, from the Dairy Bar, it’s NMPF!

October 28, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga gives an impromptu tour of the Dairy Bar and the Joint Annual Meeting in Denver. From delicious products to critical information, the Dairy Bar has it [Read More …]

NMPF unanimously endorses Marketing Order modernization plan in annual meeting

October 28, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Recommendations were developed on federal milk pricing after more than 100 meetings that have taken place over the past year National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) leadership unanimously endorsed a proposal to modernize the Federal Milk [Read More …]

NMPF announces cheese, yogurt contest award winners

October 28, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF has announced its winners for this year’s co-op cheese contest. Yogurt was included for the first time this year. Congratulations to the winners! 2022 NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest results final

NMPF unanimously endorses marketing order modernization plan

October 27, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) leadership unanimously endorsed a proposal to modernize the Federal Milk Marketing Order milk-pricing system at its annual meeting in Denver, which concludes tomorrow. It also welcomed new directors — as [Read More …]

U.S. dairy leaders highlight sustainability, global food security

October 26, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Panelists look toward U.S.-hosted World Dairy Summit in 2023 A nutrition expert, an innovative dairy farmer and a global food-security leader shared how animal agriculture and dairy can be part of world climate and hunger [Read More …]

NMPF’s Bjerga on annual meeting, dairy’s challenges

October 26, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

NMPF Senior Vice President of Communications Alan Bjerga talks about some of the challenges dairy farmers face, and how they’re facing it together, in an interview with the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. As NMPF [Read More …]

Dairy leaders highlight sustainability, food security at World Food Prize

October 24, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

A nutrition expert, an innovative dairy farmer and a global food-security leader shared how animal agriculture and dairy can be part of world climate and hunger solutions in a panel discussion side event at the [Read More …]

DFA farmer named “Communicator of Year,” Tillamook recognized

October 21, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Laton, CA dairy farmer Melvin Medeiros, a family farm-owner of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), was named the National Milk Producers Federation’s (NMPF) Farmer Communicator of the Year at the organization’s annual gathering of dairy-cooperative [Read More …]

Farmer Focus – Krause Holsteins Buffalo, MN

October 18, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Charles Krause doesn’t have to talk to groups of schoolchildren. Or host dairy farmers from New Zealand. Or give interviews to media. Or speak at a Farm Bill listening session. Or feature his family on a [Read More …]

NMPF, USDEC discuss shipping challenges with FMC Chairman Maffei

October 17, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) met with Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Daniel Maffei today to discuss the implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and ongoing shipping [Read More …]

NMPF Commends USDA for Dairy Support in Climate-Smart Partnerships Program

October 10, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Four NMPF member cooperatives are poised to receive significant support under USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, which supports voluntary, producer-led initiatives to increase on-farm adoption of climate smart agricultural technologies and practices. NMPF members [Read More …]

Cooperative Spirit Promotes Dairy’s Progress

October 7, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

October is significant in the NMPF calendar. Many years, including this one, it features our annual meeting, when dairy farmers gather to share a common voice on important policies and represent the best practices and [Read More …]

NMPF statement on the Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act

October 4, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

“NMPF has not opposed the temporary, short-term lifting of restrictions on infant formula imports to address the rare formula availability crisis and did not oppose the just-passed Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act given [Read More …]

Statement on White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

October 3, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), issued the following statement regarding today’s White House Conference on Hunger Nutrition and Health: “I would like to thank the White House for [Read More …]

Dairy Defined: Butter and cheese keep dairy’s rise constant

September 28, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

While we won’t know until Friday whether U.S. per-capita dairy consumption will officially rise for the seventh time in eight years, we do know from preliminary data that domestic use of butter and cheese reached records in [Read More …]

Dairy Market Report: Uncertainty clouds milk price outlook

September 23, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

U.S. dairy exports are on track to achieve another record in terms of percent of milk solids production exported. Indications earlier this summer that milk production would resume growing following an extended period of below [Read More …]

Dairy support in climate-smart commodities projects

September 16, 2022 Sarah S News Team 0

“America’s dairy community applauds USDA’s support for the robust efforts dairy farmers are leading to develop and implement climate-smart solutions that will benefit the entire food chain, from producer to consumer. As an agricultural leader [Read More …]

Bipartisanship Advances Dairy as New Congressional Landscape Forms

No DMC Payments For October As Prices Rise

IDF World Dairy Summit a U.S. dairy opportunity

NMPF, IDFA seek to fix WIC proposal that would decrease access to dairy’s nutrients

Happy Thanksgiving! There’s plenty of butter

Happy Thanksgiving! There’s plenty of butter

NMPF urges lawmakers to support domestic infant formula production

NMPF urges sped-up FDA approval of climate friendly feed additives

Prairie Farms success at NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest

Embracing Change Brings Dairy’s Bright Future

Prairie Farms Clinches Big Wins at NMPF Cheese and Yogurt Contest

Chairman Mooney highlights dairy’s strengths

Live, from the Dairy Bar, it’s NMPF!

NMPF unanimously endorses Marketing Order modernization plan in annual meeting

NMPF announces cheese, yogurt contest award winners

NMPF unanimously endorses marketing order modernization plan

U.S. dairy leaders highlight sustainability, global food security

NMPF’s Bjerga on annual meeting, dairy’s challenges

Dairy leaders highlight sustainability, food security at World Food Prize

DFA farmer named “Communicator of Year,” Tillamook recognized

Farmer Focus – Krause Holsteins Buffalo, MN

NMPF, USDEC discuss shipping challenges with FMC Chairman Maffei

NMPF Commends USDA for Dairy Support in Climate-Smart Partnerships Program

Cooperative Spirit Promotes Dairy’s Progress

NMPF statement on the Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act

Statement on White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

Dairy Defined: Butter and cheese keep dairy’s rise constant

Dairy Market Report: Uncertainty clouds milk price outlook

Dairy support in climate-smart commodities projects

Dietary crude protein: how low can we go thanks to the amino acid balancing concept in dairy cows?

Why Herd Immunity Matters to Your Dairy

What If You Could?

Cover Crops After Corn Silage